Asm. Charles Lavine
Sponsored bills
Legalizes, validates, ratifies and confirms certain transportation contracts of the Hicksville union free school district.
Restores 20 year service retirement for New York city police officers.
Requires food distributors that accept SNAP benefits to establish a mechanism to apply available coupons or discounts to purchases made by eligible recipients of SNAP benefits without such recipient being required to provide a physical coupon.
Relates to establishing a task force on safety in school transportation to review and promote such safety.
Includes making graffiti within the list of offenses eligible to be charged as a hate crime.
Relates to improving student mental health and mental health literacy in institutions of higher education in the state; requires the amendment or adoption of related protocols, policies and programs in SUNY, CUNY and independent institutions of higher education.
Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.
Relates to a state transportation plan; requires such plan include a minimum twenty-year forecast period at the time of adoption, assessing long-range needs spanning such period, including a forecast of highway pavement and bridge conditions.
Adds courses at a licensed New York state driving school approved by the commissioner of motor vehicles to the list of driver education providers.